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."
"Time is running," I said.
"In that case my answer is no,'' she told me. "Lock me up someplace and
go to the Keep without me."
I glanced at Mandor.
"In that I have not yet agreed to accept your offer," Jasra continued,
"Rinaldo would call this an entertainment expense."
"I see no harm in it," Mandor said.
"Then let her speak," I told him.
"You may talk, ty'iga," he said.
Her first words were not addressed to Jasra, however; but to me:
"Merlin, you have to let me accompany you."
I moved around to where I could see her face.
"No way," I told her.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Because your penchant for protecting me will actually hinder me in a
situation where I will probably have to take some chances."
"That is my nature," she responded.
"And my problem," I said. "I mean you no ill. I'll be glad to talk to
you when this is all over, but you're going to have to sit this one out."
Jasra cleared her throat.
"Is that the entire message? Or is there something you wished to tell
me, also?" Jasra asked.
There followed a long silence, then, "Will you be accompanying them or
not?" Nayda inquired.
Jasra took just as long to respond, obviously weighing her words:
"This is a clandestine, personal operation," she said. "I am not at all
certain it would be countenanced by Merlin's seniors here in Amber
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